LS polls: Sajjad Lone seeks Bukhari’s support against Omar on Baramulla LS seat
Lone is the PC candidate for North Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.
Lone is the PC candidate for North Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.
Omar was ostensibly referring to Mehbooba Mufti who has filed her nomination for the seat as PDP candidate against NC’s Gujjar spiritual leader Mian Altaf.
Omar and Azad exchanged barbs as both are currently campaigning in the Chenab Valley region consisting of the Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts of the Jammu division.
Accompanied by Mian Altaf, Omar was addressing a largely attended rally in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
The discourse Lone referred to is Abdullah's repeated allegations linking people and parties to the BJP and labelling them as "anti-Muslim."
Azad said the government should release political prisoners, grant compensation to the seven lakh families that have lost their livelihood due to the shutdown of Jammu and Kashmir and its tourism sector.
On Tuesday, the Jammu and Kashmir government has revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) of the former chief minister and ended his more than seven months detention.
Abdullah’s release comes weeks after his father, and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah was released from detention.
It was an emotional meeting between the father and son in which Farooq’s wife Molly was also present.
The NC chief had requested the Jammu and Kashmir authority for permission to see his son after his release for the first time in seven months and the same was granted, officials said, adding that the two were together for about an hour.